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Breakthrough Ideas from the Dean Gracious Graduate PC Pioneer UH Degree Helped Alumnus Alumnus Helped to Change Succeed in Career the Way the World Computes winter 2010 volume 3 Breakthrough Ideas From the Dean FEAT URE Greetings Cougar Nation! 6 Breakthrough Ideas As always, it’s a great time to be a Cougar engineer. The University of Houston is on the move and people Director are taking notice. UH is attracting Lindsay Lewis more world-class researchers, Editor Erin D. McKenzie academic leaders and scholars to Graphic Designer Houston, research funding is on Harriet Yim the rise and enrollment is up—all Photographer necessary measures to become Thomas Shea a nationally competitive research Contributing Editor Angie Shortt institution. Alumni participation Contributing Photographer and giving is another measure for John Kish IV top tier status and you are doing an Photo by Thomas Shea Dean exceptional job helping us reach Joseph W. Tedesco this goal! Associate Dean for Administration & Research Over this past year, we’ve had the opportunity to meet many Cougar engineers Frank J. “Fritz” Claydon at college-related events. We’ve learned about your professional achievements Associate Dean for Graduate Programs & Computer Facilities and personal endeavors, a few of which have been featured in The Cougar Suresh K. Khator Engineer. Not only are the departments holding more events for alumni, but Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs David P. Shattuck the Engineering Alumni Association also has many reunions and upcoming Chairs events planned, including an EWeek reception in February and the Cullen Contents Photo by Thomas Shea BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala in June. The college is also hosting Metin Akay Chemical & BIOMOlecUlaR ENgiNeeRING DEPA RTMENTS its annual golf tournament in April and the ASME Crawfish Boil is in May. These Ramanan Krishnamoorti are just a few opportunities available to you to come out and network with Civil & ENviRONmeNtal ENgiNeeRING 2 4 Abdeldjelil “DJ” Belarbi LOL: Alumnus Moonlights as Happenings fellow Cougar engineers. I hope to see many of you there! ElectRical & COmpUteR ENgiNeeRING Stand-up Comedian John C. “Jack” Wolfe (interim) Out of the Ordinary In this issue of The Cougar Engineer, we feature several alumni who are INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Hamid Parsaei working on projects and technologies that are absolutely phenomenal. These MECHANICAL ENGINEERING alumni are trailblazers whose ideas have had tremendous impact on technology David C. Zimmerman (interim) 14 Gracious Graduate 17 Class Notes development, engineering design and business practice. We are proud of these Spotlight Office of Communications accomplishments and the overall success of our UH engineering alumni. Cullen College of Engineering University of Houston E316 Engineering Bldg. 2 Go Coogs! Houston, Texas 77204-4009 Phone: 713-743-4220 18 PC Pioneer 22 Donor Roll Call Fax: 713-743-8240 E-mail: [email protected] Legacy Website: www.egr.uh.edu FROM THE DEAN FROM Those wishing to reprint articles or photographs should contact the editor. Use the credit line: 1 Reprinted with permission of the University of Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E. Houston Cullen College of Engineering. Clip- 24 pings are appreciated. Cougar Pride Elizabeth D. Rockwell Endowed Chair and Dean End Note The University of Houston is an Equal Opportu- nity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, On the cover: Illustration by Harriet Yim women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Photography by Thomas Shea Out of the Ordinary t’s the way of the comic: bring your home life I to the stage. That’s exactly how Saidas “Sai” Ranade (1982, MSChE, 1985 PhD ChE) does it. Throughout his life, he has accrued more than enough material—drawing from experiences being reared in India, acclimating to a new American culture, the challenges of earning a doctoral degree in engineering and dot-com layoffs. His take on these experiences tenders chuckles from audiences in comedy clubs everywhere from Massachusetts and Illinois to Texas and California. “Comedy is about making light of life,” Ranade explains. “Chemical engineering gives me unique experiences that a lot of other people haven’t had. My style is driven by ironies, the twists and turns in my own life.” He sees his time on stage as a great release, and audiences seem to like him. So much so that in 2000 he won the comedy category of the Internet televised show the “Next Big Star,” hosted by the late Ed University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Cullen University of Houston McMahon. Not to mention his bits have regular Comedian Stand-up Alumnus Moonlights as LOL: spots on comedy channels on Sirius Satellite Radio among the likes of clips from Bob Hope, Kevin James, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Ellen DeGeneres and Buddy Hackett. He has also twice been a finalist in Houston’s Funniest Person Competition. The Cougar Engineer The 2 To learn more, visit www.egr.uh.edu/ 3 ORDINARY THE OF OUT cougarengineer. —Erin D. McKenzie Photos by Thomas Shea Happenings Alumnus Part of Shuttle Discovery Crew iSpy: Campus Infrastructure Challenge Magazine Features Electrical Graduate Carl Garcia (2005 MEE) was featured in the spring 2009 edition of Minority Mary Saulog Gamboa (2003 BSEE) proved herself as the Engineer magazine, a publication first printed in 1979 that reaches minority most knowledgeable Cougar engineer in our iSpy: Campus engineers nationwide. Garcia, a project manager at RRI Energy (formerly Infrastructure Challenge printed in our summer 2009. Gamboa, Reliant Energy) in Houston, was among three people highlighted in an article who resides in Alief, correctly answered 20 out of our 23 Photo Courtesy of NASA sharing the success stories of minority electrical engineers. teasers—earning her a brand new iPod Touch provided courtesy of the University of Houston Engineering Alumni Association. NASA Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas (1993 MSME) made his second trip to space On her stop in to pick up her prize, Gamboa admitted her path in August on a mission to the International Governor Appoints Alumnus to Coordinating Board to the top was a dedicated one. She teamed with her sister, Space Station. Durga D. Agrawal (1969 MSIE, 1974 PhD IE) was among three people Trishia Saulog, who is currently attending UH’s Conrad N. Hilton appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, and together, Shuttle Discovery carried the father of five Board. The president and CEO of Houston-based Piping Technology and walked the campus and e-mailed other alumni that attended the from NASA’s Johnson Space Center to the Products Inc., Agrawal will be tasked with setting policies and coordinating Cullen College with Gamboa. Her sister, Gamboa boasted, even station on its STS-128 mission Aug. 28. efforts to improve Texas higher education while he holds his seat. His term persuaded two of her professors to put up some of the more Here, Olivas led three spacewalks—mostly will expire Aug. 31, 2015. difficult pictures during lectures in the hopes someone in class centered on replacing an ammonia tank may have the answer. used to move excess heat from inside the space station to radiators outside. The 30th Much like the challenge hinted, the campus is mission dedicated to construction of the Alumna Pens Book changing as administrators devote themselves station, Olivas returned Sept. 11 after 13 Xiuli Wang (2000 PhD ChE) has co-authored the book Advanced Natural to building programs and adding infrastructure days in space. Gas Engineering with Michael J. Economides, an adjunct professor in the necessary to grow a better, top tier university. This college’s department of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Published is something Gamboa found out first hand while Mark Your Calendar in September, the book addresses the “unique issues and many working to complete the challenge with her sister. challenges in the entire food chain of natural gas engineering related “Four of the things were not even there when National Engineers Week to upstream, midstream and downstream,” according to its publisher, I graduated,” said Gamboa. “The campus has Feb. 14–20 Gulf Publishing Company. changed a lot in six years. I am glad my sister was Engineering Alumni Association there to give me an orientation.” EWeek Reception Come celebrate how engineers make a world Award Recognizes Alumnus’ View the answers online at www.egr.uh.edu/ of difference. Groundbreaking Work cougarengineer. Feb. 16 The World Health Organization estimates that Institute of Electrical and Electronics naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater Engineers (IEEE) Chili Cookoff Photo by Thomas Shea accounts for the poisoning of more than 100 Get Connected Through Social Networks Test your best chili recipe and support the UH IEEE million people worldwide. University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Cullen University of Houston student chapter. For inventing the first sustainable solution March 11 Photo by John Kish IV Send Your Ideas to the problem—a reusable polymer-based Check out Cullen College of Engineering’s social UH Engineering Golf Tournament We are always looking for stories on material capable of removing the poison from municipal water supplies Come tee off in support of student scholarships. networking pages. Enjoy live news feeds, see photos alumni who are doing great things. and private wells—Arup K. SenGupta (1982 MSEnvE, 1984 PhD EnvE) April 5 has been chosen to receive a 2009 Astellas USA Foundation Award. from alumni events, participate in discussions and If you know someone with a unique Cullen College of Engineering Administered by the American Chemical Society, the award is given hobby, success story or anything reconnect with former professors and other fellow HAPPENINGS Alumni Awards Gala to individuals who have made significant scientific contributions that else compelling, we would love to Join the college and the Engineering Alumni improve public health through their work in the chemical and related Cougar engineers on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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